Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utcs.toronto.edu!cks Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix From: cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu (Chris Siebenmann) Subject: Re: NFS under ultrix 4.2 Message-ID: <1991Jun26.223952.19082@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Organization: Ziebmef home away from home References: Date: 27 Jun 91 02:39:52 GMT Lines: 20 trost@reed.edu writes: | Does anyone know if 4.2 has fixed the "getwd: can't open .." problem? Although I don't know if it's the same problem, I had this happen locally with some users, and managed to track down the problem (and fix it). We had two file systems, /foo and /foo/bar, and some users were getting the "can't open .." when they cd'd to /a/b or anything underneath. After some poking around, I discovered that the /foo/bar directory on /foo was mode 750 (although the root of the /foo/bar filesystem was mode 755) and the users that were getting the error weren't in the group of the directory. Chmodding the /foo/bar directory to mode 755 and remounting stuff fixed the problem. Isn't NFS fun. -- "NFS should be viewed as a superior replacement for FTP, not as a real network-wide Unix filesystem." - Henry Spencer cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu ...!{utgpu,utzoo,watmath}!utgpu!cks